Badgerbee

2 hours ago, useless said:

The idea of Brentford having most of their team missing is being greatly exaggerated:

Fernández 10 PL appearances

Pinnock 18 PL appearances

Jansson 19 PL appearances

Bech Sørensen 4 PL appearances

Roerslev 9 PL appearances

Onyeka 17 PL appearances

Nørgaard 18 PL appearances

Jensen 13 PL appearances

Canos 18 PL appearances

Wissa 11 PL appearances

Toney 17 PL appearance

So they obviously weren't as depleted as some are making out, most of their team today would have played a big part in the good season they're having so far. Another thing about their squad, and I mean this as a compliment, is that a lot of their players are much of a muchness, meaning if one or two are out injured, in most positions they have someone of a similar quality to bring in.

You could probably say we were just as much affected by Nakamba, Mings, Bailey, and Waktins missing, as they were by the players missing for them.

 

 

The only reason a lot of those players have "high" numbers of appearances, is due to the length of time our first choice players have been injured, and the amount of games they've missed.

HTH

15 minutes ago, Peter Griffin said:

If u think that was a good performance by your team I would be worried. Yes, you won the game but you needed a big helping hand from Villa and looked quite poor to be honest. You were fortunate u got an even worse performance from Villa's defence. 

And yes, we have given u 40m for Konsa and Ollie and if we were to sell both of them in this window we would get a lot more than 40m, so thanks for selling us players on the cheap. But I guess it is difficult for small clubs to be able to hold on to players when the big boys come calling.

Didn't say it was a "Good performance". You probably deserved a point, if not all 3. Like we did at home to Chelsea earlier in the season. Shit happens.

Just don't like fans being condescending about my team.

Struggling with the "tinpot" comments:

Given us  £40M over past few years for players.

"Headhunted" our Manager.

"Regulation" home win for us v you now. 
4 on the trot now.
Haven't lost to you in the league home or away since 1947 

Above you in the table

5 minutes ago, Fairy In Boots said:

Just read griffinpark forum, top banter

1 minute ago, tinker said:

No , he's our resident " bring out your dead " type poster . If we stick with Smith and I want to he needs players he can trust and I'm guessing you may have a few ......

Ah, OK.

Plenty of good quality down at GP at the moment....

Can't guarantee they'll be as good value for money as Hogan, Konsa and Jota though.....

1 minute ago, tinker said:

No but watch out for a raiding party on your squad , have you a decent DM , winger and or a striker ? 

Yep, all 3 thanks!!

Take it you don't agree with villalad21 then:

"I wouldn't trust Smith with a single dollar.
he'd just buy more brentford shit".

Any truth in the rumour I'm hearing that you're coming in for Thomas Frank??.......

24 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

Scared the shite out of me for a second. Just realised you meant Benrahma.

2 hours ago, KenjiOgiwara said:

No but the Brentford fans I've observed have thought so. I can't answer for their service. 

Was still injured (from last April) at start of the season, so only now just starting to replicate last year's form. After watching today I reckon goals/more assists will be coming soon  (Hopefully starting on Wednesday.....)

Was sensational at home to Derby a few weeks back mind you.

Very likely he'll go in January (like Watkins). We were all resigned to him going in August.

SB seems a decent bloke too, who I reckon would do a good job for you.

£25M please.

You can have Ollie too for a total of £50M. Only 4x what you paid us for Hogan!!!

Just now, villalad21 said:

It's tactical limitations mate. Nothing else.

Starting to think he won't cut it at this level. It's all a bit Bruce esque in his in game management.

We went through a number of periods where DS would most likely have been sacked at a lot of other clubs (a bit like when he first joined you), but thankfully our set-up doesn't work like that. A great bloke, but definitely  prone to being a bit 'streaky' in terms of results. Whether he's got enough to get you where you "need" to be (note, need, not "deserve" ) is debatble....Hope so for DS's sake.

Interesting reading on here regarding about DS and points lost from winning positions......

We had similar discussions when he was our manger:

http://www.griffinpark.org/forums/showthread.php?t=127745&highlight=Points lost winning positions

(Not sure, but you might need to create an account to view posts......)

Also had discussions about inability to win against teams reduced to 10 men......

Interested in Villa fans thoughts on Dean Smith and Jota......